MartinMar 17
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
Mamdani rode economic populism to the NYC mayor’s office. Now his message of fighting for working people, taxing billionaires, and tackling affordability is shaping Democratic campaigns nationwide, even in areas where you'd least expect it. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/economic-populist-moderate-democratic-party
Moderate Economic Populist Democrats Are Rising

Is this new breed of moderate economic populists the future of the Democratic Party?

The Big Picture
Mar 17 at 9:59pmWeb
Show threadShark AttakMar 17
@georgetakei
Dems everywhere are baffled:"Who would've thought?"
Show threadswggrkllr3rdMar 18
@SharkAttak @georgetakei Taxing Billionaires, can you REALLY do THAT ?!?!
Show threadHumbird0 FandomMar 17
@georgetakei
Let's hope they follow through.
Show threadSoozcatMar 17

@georgetakei During his first campaign, Trump ran as a populist. He got the attention of people who usually don't vote, because politicians ignore their needs. They believed Trump was different, that he would fight for them. Now Trump is predictably pivoting to the 1% as his new base, assuming they will scratch his back and keep his party in office. And yes, now that he got their votes, he's jettisoning the folks who made him POTUS again because he doesn't need them any more.

Working-class voters who aren't completely locked into the cult will likely choose populist Democrats this fall, who might actually listen to their concerns.

Show threadDervishMar 17
@georgetakei I've heard that a few right-leaning Democrats have been catching grief for not living up to Mamdani's 'ideals'.
Pushing our government a bit farther from the choice between 'right wing' and 'nazi' seems like a good idea.
Show threadTim ZeeMar 18
@georgetakei
Mamdami also had excellent in person outreach to voters. That is how you get around broligarch social media and Fox TV ads.
Precinct work, a fundamental of past campaigns, is the way forward for the future.